Chapter 1596

As Amu swallowed the Phantom Light Ore one by one, the cold air spread throughout the exclusive room. Reed glanced at the situation in the room and roughly guessed what was going on. After greeting Su Xiao, Reed went back to continue drinking; he had no interest in knowing other people's secrets, nor did he want to know.

Not long after Reed left the exclusive room, Amu had eaten more than half of the Phantom Light Ore on the floor. In less than ten minutes, only a small pile of Phantom Light Ore remained on the ground.

Amu let out a burp, looked at the small pile of Phantom Light Ore on the floor, and finally swallowed it in a few bites.

Nearly 800,000 Paradise Coins worth of ice-attribute equipment plus 20 Legend Medals' worth of Phantom Light Ore were all eaten by Amu. This glutton spat out a large mouthful of cold air, and the temperature in the exclusive room plummeted. Benny, who originally lived in a tropical rainforest, shivered, but for Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had just left the Dark Crow Continent, this bit of cold air was just a light drizzle.

Amu tilted his head, flopped onto the floor with a thud, and continued to sleep soundly.

Seeing this, Su Xiao felt a headache. After having Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny use the remaining Paradise Coins to purchase new furniture, he dragged Amu toward the alchemy laboratory.

Just as they reached the door of the alchemy laboratory, Amu's eyes suddenly opened, and he tried to escape, but Su Xiao shoved him into the alchemy laboratory in a few quick movements.

"Woo-moo~"

Amu let out a 'desperate' low growl. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny both pretended not to see it and turned to run out of the exclusive room.

Inside the alchemy laboratory, Amu shivered for a while before sleepiness took over, and he passed out again.

Su Xiao checked Amu's status and found that Amu no longer needed to ingest ice energy; his status was actually 'Promoting...'

Promotion was undoubtedly good news. Just as Su Xiao wanted to examine the alchemy array inside Amu's body, ice crystals emerged within Amu, gradually wrapping him inside.

An hour later, the exclusive room had returned to its previous appearance, with carpets, furniture, and bedding all in place. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang lay lazily on the carpet; Amu's incident had truly kept him busy.

"Meow."

Benny meowed at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, meaning: "Is that honest cow evolving, just like you were before?"

"Woof~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang indicated that he wasn't sure either, but Benny felt a mix of emotions. Although she didn't have a desperate desire to become stronger, being able to become stronger was always a good thing. This made Benny hesitate about whether to follow the main group the next time they entered a derived world.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang didn't say anything. Benny didn't know how exciting it was to fight alongside Su Xiao; even for him, there was a possibility of losing his life.

Just as Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny were chatting, movement came from the alchemy laboratory. The cat and the dog quickly ran toward the alchemy laboratory.

Amu had already woken up. His appearance hadn't changed at all, but a mass of cold air was gathering in his hand.

Crack, crack, crack...

Hard ice froze, and a war hammer appeared in Amu's hand. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was stunned; he knew what this represented.

Su Xiao grabbed the ice crystal war hammer in Amu's hand with one hand and exerted force. With a crisp snap, the war hammer shattered. The strength of this thing was not low; he had to use his full strength to crush it.

Su Xiao checked Amu's data.

Amu (Subordinate Follower · Winter War Bull)

Health: 100%

Ice Energy: 5000 points (Recovers 63 points of Ice Energy per minute, based on Intelligence attribute)

Strength: 80

Agility: 73

Real Stamina: 97 (Increased by 9 points)

Real Intelligence: 90 (Increased by 60 points, this was increased after absorbing a certain unknown incomplete consciousness)

Charisma: 19 (Increased by 4 points)

Skill 1: Winter War Bull (Active lv. 50): Can manipulate the ice energy within the body for external release and shaping.

Skill 2: Winter Bloodline (Passive lv. 30): Reduces damage taken by 25%, Slow Resistance +80%, Physical Defense +36, Health +1000 points.

Skill 3: Ice Energy Conversion (Passive lv. 48): Each point of Intelligence attribute can provide an additional 20 points of Health + 0.5 points of Physical Defense bonus (currently gained 1800 points of Health bonus, 45 points of Physical Defense bonus).

Skill 4: Call of Stikas (Active lv. 60): The Winter War Bull generates an ice shield at an extremely fast speed; the ice shield possesses 170 points of defense.

Note: This skill consumes 2000 points of Ice Energy + 1000 points of Health.

Note: The cooldown for this skill is 24 hours.

Skill 5: Ice Armor (Ultimate Ability lv. 17 · Passive): Because the ice energy within the Winter War Bull forms a pseudo-biological circulatory system, when taking any damage, 50% of the lost Health will be replaced by Ice Energy (e. g., if Amu takes 10 damage, 5 points of Health + 5 points of Ice Energy are deducted).

Skill 6: Winter's Wrath (Ultimate Skill lv. 10 · Passive): Instantly releases all Ice Energy within the body (at least 3000 points of Ice Energy), freezing all units (friendly/enemy) within a radius of 300 meters, and dealing ice-attribute damage equal to 0.19 times the consumed Ice Energy.

Note: This skill has no cooldown.

After checking Amu's data, Su Xiao was somewhat surprised because Amu's abilities had undergone a fundamental change. Originally, Amu's abilities were actually a bit of a jack-of-all-trades; his attack power was weak, his control ability wasn't very strong, and the only powerful thing was his sustained slowing ability. He was neither a warrior nor a tank in the true sense.

But now, Amu had completely become a tank, and at the level of a main tank. Or rather, calling Amu a "Magic Tank" would be more appropriate. Although he didn't have even 1 point of Mana, his abilities were very similar to those of a magic tank.

Amu's active abilities were actually only three: releasing ice energy to create weapons, the ice shield, and finally, releasing all the ice energy in his body to freeze everything indiscriminately.

Ultimately, Amu had completely abandoned his attack power, and all his abilities prioritized defense. If he were to face Zang Ge now, he would definitely not have his skull cracked by Zang Ge in a single round; instead, he would be able to entangle Zang Ge for a long time.

The current Amu couldn't be flattened or smashed, and what was even more disgusting was that he could generate and manipulate ice. This was much more effective than a slowing effect and was a hard crowd-control ability with no cooldown.

"Amu, come with me."

Su Xiao walked out of the alchemy laboratory and entered the sword training room next door. Amu was clearly a bit bewildered.

"Generate an ice shield."

Just as Su Xiao finished speaking, although Amu didn't understand what was going on, an ice shield as tall as a door panel appeared in his hand. This ice shield was extremely thick and had dazzling blood patterns inside.

Amu stood in place holding the shield, his body slightly hunched, his center of gravity forward.

"Block this slash."

Su Xiao drew the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan from his waist and loosened his neck. At this moment, Amu felt a sense of trembling—not the pressure from his master, but an instinctive warning against an invincible enemy. The honest cow Amu only now realized that the feeling of fighting his master was so terrifying.

Su Xiao, of course, didn't intend to kill Amu; he just wanted to test how strong Amu's defense was.

Boom!

A loud explosion rang out. Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he was, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Amu.

I'll die!

For some reason, this strange thought appeared in Amu's mind. The next moment, the blade rang out in front of him. This slash was simply too fast, so fast that he didn't even see the blade glow.

Crack.

The long blade slashed through the ice shield, ice shards splattered everywhere, and the blade stopped in front of Amu's throat. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue slashing, but the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was stuck in the ice shield.

Amu had actually blocked a slash from the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. One had to know that the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was now of Epic quality and reinforced to +10, plus Su Xiao's swordsmanship—the defense of this ice shield could be imagined.

Su Xiao let go of the hilt and knocked on the ice shield in Amu's hand.

"Unexpectedly sturdy. I'll have to rely on you to block in the front from now on."

"Moo."

Amu puffed out his chest, feeling exceptionally happy after being encouraged.

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